Orange Union High School - Orange and White Yearbook (Orange, CA)

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l'T1rS. S. brubaker Living proof of 'lhal' bond wifh fhe world. Touch of flesh and blood fo fhe doubl- ing. Sound, mind, spirif, cu'l l'ing across space. over wafer, fhrough wind-unwavering, un- deferred, like lighl' fhrough darkness. These words, originally wriTTen by Anne lvlorrow Lindberg, mighT well have been in- Tended To describe Orange l-ligh Schools insTrucTor, lvlrs. STella Jane Brubaker, Tor in her classroom The sound, mind, spiriT oT True scienTiTic learning rise unwavering and un- deTerred. In her capable hands, The inTric.acies oT boTany, physiology and Zoology become in- Tegral parTs oT a sTudenT's liTe. lvlrs. Bru- baker's classroom is never empTy, even The aTTer-school hours Tind iT Tull oT budding scienTisTs, probing, exploring, guesTioning Tor The scienTiTic TruThs she so earnesTly brings Their way. Bug, snakes, Trogs and TurTles-noThing is Too dead or Too alive To bring To This classroom Tor The dedic.aTion oT her calm aT- TenTion, The humor oT her sly wiT, The ex- ciTemenT oT her enlighTened knowledge. Earlier Ol-TS grads remember Ivlrs. Bru- baker as Their English insTrucTor and drama coach-egually misTress oT make-up and mimicry, meTaphors and lVl.acbeTh. The ORANGE AND WHITE saluTes lvlrs. STella Jane Brubaker, a woman who has exTended her own hands To sTir ThaT which is inerT in her sTudenTs To acTion and ThaT which is indiTTerenT To devoTion. THE MODELS, charTs, specimens are Mrs, Brubakefs Tools of Trade. 8 SHELLS, gaThered by M

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MRS. JEANETTE CHRISTOPHER advises iunior girls. MR. FLOYD DUNNING has so omore 1f1.f,1's , ,I llb sf 'fp' ,af ysawmf MRS, HELEN MCCONNELL counsels sophomore girls, MR. GEORGE OLDS has sop, ornore and gunior boys, COUIWSSICYS have perhaps lhe mosl personal Jrouch wilh Jrhe lives of Orange l'ligh sluclenls. They help sluclenls plan Jrheir programs, analyze lheir lesl scores, choose a vocalion, prepare lor college. Counselors also holcl lhe confi- clence ol many sluclenls who consull 'rhem on personal problems. lvlr. George Qlcls, who earned his lvlfx. from Whillier College, ancl lvlr. Floycl Dun- ning, who received his MA. al Oklahoma Universily, are bolh lull lime counselors. lvlrs. Jeanelle Chrislopher and lvlrs. l'lelen McConnell counsel and leach. 7

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EXHIBITS of sTudenf arf serve as Teaching aids for Mr. Hill. i . wr If ,,. 1, '-1 . 45 'Til' -1 rT1r. robert hill No man ever forgof 'lhe visifafions of fhal' power fo his hearf and brain which cre- afed all fhings new: which was 'l'he dawn in him of music, poefry and arf. Mr. Bob l'lill, genial menTor oT Ol-lS's arT deparTmenT, has Tor many years embodied The sloiriT oi This quoTaTion Trom Ralph Waldo Emerson, Tor he has broughT The dawn oT music and arT To The hearTs and brains oT hundreds oT sTudenTs. ln Mr. l'Till's ThirTeen years oT Orange i-ligh service, he has been The creaTive Torce behind numerous sTudenT arT awards and honors, among which was a rare TirsT-place scholarship in The NaTional ScholasTic ArTs ConTesT. The respecT and devoTion in which he is held by The communiTy was evidenced in T960 by his selecTion as Teacher oT The Year Tor Orange DisTricT. l-lappy-go-lucky, he is yeT masTer Tech- nician, easy-going in spiriT, he yeT en- courages and spurs his sTudenTs Toward con- sTanT se.arch Tor improvement The ORANGE AND WHITE saluTes Ivlr. RoberT l-lill-Technician, menTor, Triend- in-need-who discovers beauTy where none was beToreg who sees and encourages Tal- enTs oT which even The possessor has been unaware, who insTrucTs as much in The arT oT living as in arTs and craTTs. 9